HILLSBORO -- Washington County elections officials haven't starting poring through ballots and confirming names for Hillsboro's Ward 1 Position B City Council race, and a final decision could be nearly two weeks away.

"We have 20 days to certify," Mickie Kawai, Washington County elections manager said. "For an election of this size I do take 20 days." No candidate filed for the seat currently held by Nenice Andrews.

Election workers will likely start going through the ballots on Wednesday, Kawai said. It's not the only outstanding issue. Staff is already dealing with more than 1,000 county wide ballot challenges, where multiple staffers disputed the veracity of a voter's signature. Those issues need to be resolved by Friday, Kawai said.

The Hillsboro Ward 1 Position B race has four known candidates. As of Nov. 6, there were more than 2,600 write-in votes, but Kawai said those numbers were preliminary.

Hillsboro officials said the write-in campaign is a historic one for the state's fifth-largest city.

It is one of three unsettled races in Washington County, Kawai said. She cited Gaston and King City council races as also up in the air.